I attended a CRT conference in education years ago, where a keynote introduced “White as the new Black.” She described, for example, how White supremacists often appropriate the language of oppression to describe their own place in the world—after having suffered some hyper-perceived loss of power. In other words, privilege and supremacy are so normal
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. — To hear Mikia Hutchings speak, one must lean in close, as her voice barely rises above a whisper. In report cards, her teachers describe her as “very focused,” someone who follows the rules and stays on task. So it was a surprise for her grandmother when Mikia, 12, and a friend got
Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will be required for the first time to take ethnic studies classes as part of an effort to encourage stronger cultural understanding.
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-ethnic-studies-20141209-story.html
Los Angeles Times
The recent exposure of academic misconduct at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has shown us actions that contradict the school’s mission to “improve society and help solve the world’s greatest problems.” In fact, UNC has contributed in a bold and disturbing way to one of the greatest problems in higher education:
In Southern California, their names are as familiar as Michael Brown or Eric Garner or Tamir Rice.
And now activists here distraught by the police killings of Kendrec McDade, Ezell Ford, Kelly Thomas and others have joined a nationwide movement seeking justice in their names.
Los Angeles Daily News
WASHINGTON — Congress moved on two fronts Thursday to test the limits of presidential authority, with a surprising maneuver in the Senate to begin debating President Obama’s war powers against the Islamic State and a vote in the House to prohibit him from enforcing his executive action on
CLEVELAND — The Justice Department announced on Thursday that a nearly two-year civil rights investigation into the Cleveland Police Department had found a pattern of “unreasonable and unnecessary use of force” that resulted in dangerous and reckless behavior by officers, pointing out the kinds of problems that have angered black
They chanted it in Grand Central Terminal, shouted it in Times Square, emblazoned it across Facebook and Twitter, the three words that came to stand for the death of another unarmed black man at the hands of a white police officer.
WASHINGTON — President Obama, grappling with how to respond to the racial unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and a wave of anger at law enforcement officials across the country, said Monday that he would tighten standards on the provision of military-style equipment to local
In an effort to reduce the growing number of inmates with mental health and substance abuse problems in New York City’s jails, the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans on Monday to significantly expand public health services at almost every
